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Definition of Culture
Cul´ture Pronunciation: k?l´t?r; 135 | n. | 1. | The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil. | | 2. | The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind. | | 3. | The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste. | | 4. | (Biol.) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular organisms) in artificial media or under artificial conditions. | | 5. | (Cartography) Those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels. | | v. t. | 1. | To cultivate; to educate. |
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